Top tips for icing a cake using buttercream
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Complete your desserts with some tasty buttercream icing
200g icing sugar
150g butter
Few drops vanilla extract
Beat the butter for 5-8 minutes using a food mixer. It should be really, really creamy.
Sieve in the icing sugar and mix for another 5 minutes.
Add in the vanilla extract. This is the time to add food colouring if you want to colour your icing.
Mix one last time.
